Interscope Records
2006
20th Century Masters: The Best Of Unwritten Law
About This Album
Unwritten Law's entry into the 20th Century Masters series raises a few questions (not to mention eyebrows), particularly: huh? Never mind that the packaging looks more fitting for the Steve Miller Band, but when did San Diego's Unwritten Law become, according to the liner notes, "one of the most durable and musically flexible -- and one of the most popular" pop-punk bands to come out of the '90s? They appeared during the nationwide boom that spawned peers blink-182, Face to Face and MxPx, among countless others, so okay, they've been around for over a decade now, which is a lifetime in pop-punk terms. The band has arguably always been the most alternative pop leaning of the skatepunk bunch, though "musically flexible" hardly seems appropriate. And somehow, it always seemed that Unwritten Law's success paled in comparison to that of the aforementioned bands -- even that of the respected Face to Face, whose group of underground fans were much more fiercely loyal despite their never being on TRL. But somehow, someone somewhere decided that Unwritten Law needed a Millennium Collection installment, alongside the likes of KISS, the New York Dolls, and Sublime.
Track List (try tracks 1,5,6,7 and 10)

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